Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinner R Ashwin is having a superb IPL 2023. He has 13 wickets from 9 video games and is among the sturdy contenders to win the Purple Cap this 12 months. There are nonetheless loads of matches to be performed and Ashwin, positioned at 7 presently on the Purple Cap checklist, can transfer as much as the highest quickly. Prithi Ashwin, his spouse, has been supporting him from the sidelines. She could not have attended the entire RR video games however has watched al of them on TV. Prithi’s Instagram tales are full of reward for her husband. She retains posting tales of their daughters cheerign for dad.
Also Read | ‘You’ve Decided It Is My Last IPL, Not Me’: MS Dhoni’s EPIC Reply On IPL Retirement Question Is Viral – Watch
In a latest interview, Prithi recalled the early days of her romance with Ashwin, saying that they each went to the identical faculty and the cricketer had a giant crush on her. “We went to the same middle school together. That’s how we got introduced to each other. But then, we grew up and met as adults again. I was working at an events company. He had a massive crush on me, and the whole school knew it… He moved schools to pursue cricket and we were in touch on and off, birthdays, neighbourhood, like that. I met him again when I was handling CSK’s account and suddenly I saw him as a six-footer. We knew each other from Grade 7,” Prithi advised JioCinema.
As luck would have it, they went from being childhood associates to falling in love later in life. Prithi described the straightforward method wherein Ashwin finally requested her out after 10 years of being acquaintances. “Once he took me to a cricket ground and he’s a straight shooter. He said, ‘I’ve kinda liked you all my life and it hasn’t changed over 10 years. We’re adults and let’s try this’.”
Later within the dialog, Prithi performed a singular recreation of chess with the hosts the place the King (Ravi Ashwin) and the Queen (Prithi) would advance one step based mostly on the solutions she gave. This revealed loads about their relationship, as Prithi described Ashwin’s temperament as a father and a husband. This included her revealing which considered one of them is likelier to start out a battle with the opposite. “It’s Ashwin. We fought this morning, I don’t remember about what. I think he was calling me funny names and it suddenly stopped being funny.”